Most big federal work is won by a prime plus a team of subcontractors. The Teaming Finder shows the primes who subcontract in your industry — and the firms you could partner with — so you get on the team instead of watching from the sidelines.
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Primes who subcontract in your space
A large R&D prime
$350M subbed outsubcontracts to 54 firms in this industry
A major shipbuilder
$76M subbed outuses 48 subcontractors in this industry
A defense systems prime
$127M subbed outspreads work to 93 firms in this industry
You don't have to beat them — you can join them.
From “that contract's too big for me” to “I know exactly who to call.”
Your NAICS codes — 30 seconds. That's all we need to find the teaming activity in your space.
From real federal sub-award records, we surface the primes handing out subcontracts in your industry and the firms already winning that subwork.
Contact a prime's small-business liaison, or line up a teaming partner — and win work that's too big to win alone.
The relationship map that gets a small business onto winning teams.
The primes who win the big contracts and subcontract the work out — ranked by how much they hand out in your industry.
Firms already active as subcontractors in your space — potential partners for a joint bid, or a benchmark for where you fit.
The real relationships — which subs each prime actually uses — so you know exactly who to approach and how.
Federal sub-award records (USAspending) — the same relationship intel expensive tools sell, here from free public data.
Teaming means partnering on a bid — usually as a subcontractor to a larger 'prime' contractor, or in a joint venture. It's how small firms get past the 'no past performance' wall and win work too big to take on alone. Most federal work above a certain size is done by a prime plus a team of subs; getting on those teams is one of the fastest ways into federal contracting.
Every federal sub-award is public data: when a prime contractor subcontracts part of its work, that prime→sub relationship is reported. We aggregate those records by industry, so you can see which primes hand out the most subcontract work in your NAICS — and which firms keep winning it. That tells you exactly who to approach.
USAspending.gov's federal sub-award records — public, official government data, no scraping. We aggregate it into a relationship graph by industry and refresh it as the data grows. Company names and dollar figures are the real reported amounts.
Two ways. First, find the primes who subcontract in your industry and reach their small-business liaison with a short capability statement — primes are often required to use small-business subs and are actively looking. Second, identify active firms in your space as potential teaming partners for a joint bid. Relationships change over time, so use this to find who to contact, then confirm current work directly.
See the primes who subcontract in your industry — and who you could team with — free, in 30 seconds.
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